The Sun. — London, England, 1864-07-04 00:00:00

LONDON, MONDAY, JULY,4, 1864. The House of Commons meets to-night under circumstances of the utmost interest and impor tance. The result of the debate to be commenced this evening will, it is no exaggeration to say, be awaited with anziety, not only by politicians and partiz ins, but by the country and by Europe. The question at stake is not the rise or fall of a States man, the triumph or downfall of a Party. It is not a question between, Lord PALMERSTON and Lord DERBY, between Mr. GLADSTONE and Mr. DISRAELI. It is not even a question of peace or war, it is a question, to us Englishmen, of far more importance—it is a question which vitally concerns the honour and faith of England. It is not so mach that our supremacy in the councils of Europe is at stake ; much as we may justly value that, there is something still dearer to us all—our own national integrity and self-respect. This integrity and self respect, we believe, may, as we have more than once reiterated, be even yet honourably maietained without War. Whoever can accomplish that desirable result is the man of the hour, the Minister for the people, no matter what his party. If Lord PALMERSTON and Lord BUSSELL can achieve this object, their triumph i n the division will be right welcome. If, as they seem to intimate, that power has slipped from their grasp, then, indeed, their defeat will be a subject of general satisfaction. The present is one of those occasions so justly recognised by Sir ROBERT PEEL on the subject of the Corn Laws, when the inte rests must give way to the paramount of Party interests of th e people- While these grave inte rests are at isse a , it ie s omewhat surprising to notice the gay fli ppancy w ith which Lord PAL. MERSTON on Saturday, as ;Taster of the Trinity. house, proposed the health of her MAJESTY'S Ministers at the v a st - ()Mary banquet. Equally amazing, under the circumstance; i 8 the language of another veteran statesman at anoth3r banq ue t • which took place on Saturd a y At th e L a w Amend ment Society's Dinner, Lori 13P.e-r ---GttaAt actually designated the present disastrous resultof attemnted arbitration as " a step in social progress." e 1 can• not help feeling it," said the noble lord, as rather a step in social progress, that instead of havin g recourse to arbitrament of the sword, we should have recourse only to serious complaint and reason. ing with the wrongdoer—that we should rather try the effect of the moral influence and the expressed opinion of the public who are wholly disinterested both en one side and the other—that we should have made protestations, have given our advice, and have entered into these negociations in order to support the right and to condemn the wrong—l say that it 53 a step in social progress, that having done all this, we should stop short of actual force and refuse to throw away our forces is an impassible expdi tion for the sake of revenging the injury that has bezn dna to others. I am, howoyer, far from insinuating that any menace or any threat, either directly uttered or in any language which could be construed into a threat, should ever be used. I hope that nothing of the hind has been used (!) If such hare been used, I must say that it has been a very grave error." A very grave error, indeed, as judged by the remit. The "step in social progress," which w© are called upon to admire, leaves cur confiding friends at the mercy of relentles3 foes. Had Captain PEN effec tually stayed the arm of Captain SWORD, then, indeed, we should be ready with Lord BROUGEIAM to exult in this " step in social progress," but when the result of the pacific inter ference has only betrayed the victim end exasperated the offender we cannot for the life of us recognise the ndvantoge. To fold oar arms and behold the destruction of friends we have deluded by false promises, may be a "step in suciel progress," but it is certainly not the conduct for which. England has been hitherto distinguished. The new Holy Alliance is not likely to obtain the renown of its predecessor, although it may become notorious in its way notwithstanding, Russia, Austria, and Prussia seem determined to keep their affairs constantly before the world. The game has been carried on for some time, and no matter how numerous are the victims, provided on'y that the despotic and tyrannical Powers can hold their own, and prosecute their plans, Poland was the special mark for sacrifice last year, and now Denmark and the Duchies are doomed. M. BIS MARK'S communication to the Count de Gorrz, at Paris, is a remarkable production, and especially at the present juncture it bears a deep significance. It proves the insatiable love of power that seems to possess the Powers alluded to, and their determi nation to leave no effort czacritct iu order to accom plish their ends. The chief object of the despatch is to acquaint the Count with the substance of 1 what had passed at the meeting of the Sovereigns. The Emperor ALExANDER made certain proposals to King WILLIAM, which are descanted upon. It was all along understood, by those who were at all initiated into the secret of affairs, that the real object of this meeting was to consider the crisis now at hand in public: matters, though the pretext of ill health founded a very good ostensible reason for arranging the convenient mode of rencontre. M. BIsMARK rejoices at the favourable attitude which tha Cabinet of St. Petersburg as sumes towards them in the question of the Duchies. It appears that there is only one point of differ ence between the combining parties, being as to the right of succession. The CZAR wishes the Duke of OLDENBUrtG to be chosen, while M. BISMARK emphatically declares the " lively sym pathies" of the Prussian Rsyal family are in favour of Prince AUGSTENBURG. It would have astonished many persons a short time back could they have conceived the faintest notion of what extremities would occur. That in the present enlightened age, renowned for its march of freedom and its love of liberty, it should happen that the Sovereigns of various States should meet together and deliberately plan and propose to dismember Duchies, to confis cate the property of other nations, and to pub their own puppets in nomination for the rule, would appear incredible. They seem to think that they can emulate the arbitrary doings and sweeping changes of the first NAPOLEON, without possessing a tithe of his genius, his skill, or his martial prowess. It is, indeed, a reproach to the Western Powers of Europe that such a contretemps should have occurred, as this meeting of the Powers of the German league with the Auto• crest of the North. France may deplore the cir cametances, but no blame really attaches itself to her ruler or her Ministers. Without enrnir g into 1 collision with England it was impossible to make any salutary change or to effect any important ob ject. Had Earl RUSSELL done nothing at all, and left the French EMPEROR alone, it is certain that these sad casualties would not have occurred. He persisted in taking the lead, and the result has been confusion worse confounded to all the parties con cerned. It is a striking instance of the harm that is wrought by the want of decision, and the absence of a firm and decided tone in matters of this kind. We have been told that if we kept quiet, things would right themselves, and peace be preserved. If it is so, at what a cost has it been gained. .111, BISMARK triumphantly avers that the " moral) and, if necessary, material concurrence of 'lassie ° is secured to their policy. This is a pretty pass for England to come to; while she has been inactive, the destinies of Eurcpe have been handed over to the tyrant who rules on principles diametrically opposed to the fundamental doctrines of her consti. tution. It is as idle as insulting for a Cabinet to declare that they cannot help it ; they ought to have done so. M. BISMARK announces as one of the chief points of his intelligence that the Emperor ALEXANDER and Prince GORTSCUAKOFF distinctly gave them to understand that " it would be desirable from every point of view to sign a treaty or convention between the three Powers which should be based on the reciprocal guarantee of the territory of each Power !'' This is decided, at all events, and the meaning of it must be th ~t. the three States are to assist each other all they can and make common cause against all efforts at treedom or escape on the part of the oppressed. Stripped of the circumlocution of detail with which ministerial and official harangues surround the subject, this is the real conclusion to arrive at. Austria has proved the sharpest in the affair, for the suggestion that " Russia should declare in an unequivocal manner that she will give her material assistance to Prussia and Austria, in the event of a war with the Western Powers for the affairs of the Duchies," is a master-stroke of policy. The Cabinet of St. Petersburg is anxious to settle the details of the vexed Polish question, and wishes for the concurrence of the two Powers, hence the Cabinet of Vienna intends to make political capital out of the business ; and obtain so me s i gn o f support and token of assistance from the mighty forces of the CZAR, before pledging itself to concurrence in the views and wishes of the EMPEROR and his confi dential assistant, Prince GORTSCHAKOFF. It is a sad and solemn spectacle to see the star of liberty on the wane, as it undoubtedly and assuredly is with these conclaves and consultations, these meet ings and man ceavres. After centuries of struggle, and when so much misery has been endured for the cause of freedom, it is now forced upon us as taus welcome intelligence indeed, but not less authentic, that the present is a dark era in the history of inde pendent nations. Those who should do something are inactive ; those who do harm are remarkably zealcus in the performance of their ungracious and i unworthy taSk S. If the leadin g Powers of Euro p e are to be the members of this Holy Alliance, it is indeed time for those who have the integrity and independence of nations at heart to be up and doing. R o e P , may well bid the world farewell for a season if the sovereigns who met at Kissingen are to be the arbiters of the destinies of peoples, and the deciding judges from whom there is no appeal. There is no more difficult subject for legislation than our dealing s w i t h half civilized nations. is easy enough to frame a treaty, to decide which ports shall be open to our commerce, and what Shall be the limit of foreign is the country; neither is it difficult to provide that Europeans shall be held responsible to their own Governments for any misconduct, and to stipulate that the native authorities shall punish their own subjects for any infraction of the treaty. All these matters are very easily arranged on paper, but no sooner are commercial relations actively established than a thousand little difficulties spring up with which it is very embarrassing to deal. Englishmen, who are unfortunately by no means remarkable for courtesy or deference to local prejudice in more civilised countries, are often reckless and rude in their bearing towards the crafty, cruel, and treacherous native, who seldom or never fails in outward observances. The traders, too, are often regardless of anything but the interests of trade, and push their advantages mercilessly. The autho rities, overawed by superior strength, are afraid openly to break the terms of the treaty, but are very willing to overtook any breach of it on the part of their dependants. The natives, on their side, who have been professing good-will while cherishing a hidden animosity, often play their part with knife and dagger, so that the agreement which began so smoothly is very apt to end in a tedious and costly war. There are many unavoidable obstacles to the main tenance of a friendly feeling between such opposite races. The energy and bustle which is the soul of commercial enterprise, is quite out of place in the sleepy and indolent East. The two races, moreover, do not yet know how to deal with each other. Englishmen are never famous for a ready comprehension of other men, and the Eastern nations, as we know, regard all Europeans as " bar. barians," so that diplomatists and statesmen have no easy matter to deal with when legislating for the interests of commerce, and it might easily be fore seen that Earl GREY, in moving his resolutions on Friday night, would find a very plausible ground for a virtual attack upon the policy we have hitherto pursued in Japan. The noble Earl brought forward a series of cnarges against Englishmen, both effieho and independent, beginning with Sir RUTHERFORD ALCOCK himself, who went up a road where he had no right to go, and ending with the riots excited by intoxicated sailors. There may probably be grounds for the general complaint whether or no the particular instances cited may have been exag gerated, but Lord GREY'S resolutions do not tell us how to remedy the evil in any practical form. The proposal to submit English subjects to the jurisdic tion of ,Japanese authorities is altogether prepos terous, and would never be tolerated by English men. It outrages our humanity to witness or even to hear of the tortures which the Japanese, in com mon with most Eastern nations, inflict on each other, while the low value attached to human lifeputs their administration of justice on a totally differen' footing from that of any civilised or Christian com munity. Lo-d GREY says that such a system could not be worked i❑ Europe, and that if English sailers at Havre or New York, or American and French sailors at Liverpool, were exempt from the inter ference of tne police, and could only be dealt with by their own Cinema, it would be impossible to maintain order in those towns. It is difficult to understand how the noble lord could make so extra , vagant a comperieon. He can scarcely compare the traffic at the Japanese ports to the commerce of Liverpool or New York, but he seems to have totally overlooked the important fact that all European nations as well as the American States act upon recognised principles of law and justice—that crimes are regarded in the same light, and are punished in the same proportion, whether at Havre, New York, or Liverpool, and English authorities have no reason to expect, when submitting their subjects to the jurisdiction of those places that they will hear of an innocent man being knocked on the head for not performing the ko-ton, or of a man guilty perhaps of participation in a theft or a riot being impaled, broken on the wheel, or otherwise tortured to death. One of the great objects which civilisation should set before her in entering into dealings with such semi-barbaric races is the ame lioration of their code of justice, and it would be a very rash and inconsistent beginning to subject our own people to their jurisdiction. The object which Lord GREY has in view would be better attainea through the medium of the Consuls, who might he instructed to keep a strict watch through their agents over the conduct of European sailors in the ports, and to notice promptly and punish sharply any breach of the public peace. Unfortu nately there is now too much, the feeling of hos tile parties, the Japanese making common cause against the English, and vice versa, instead of the better class of both races combining to punish offenders, Neither will it do to suppose that all the blame has been on our side. The mur der of Mr. RICBARDSON was an unpardonable act of wanton aggression, and had it been overlooked, there would have been no safety for life or limb thenceforward in Japan for Europeans. The Go vernment then acted well and wisely in insisting upon reparation, and by so doing took the most effectual means of preventing the recurrence of such an outrage and of avoiding hostilities. We must secure the great principles of respect for life and property before we Citl hope to arrange minor mat ters. For the rest of the charges the best answer is given in the words of Earl RUSSELL'S very tem perate and sensible reply to Earl GREY, on Friday, when he said--" I know of no particular regula tions which could be introduced which could remedy the present state of things, and we can only hope that while the commercial intercourse itself with Japan is productive of great benefit, the abuses which attend upon it will in time to removed by the exhibition of better conduct on the part of our own country men, who have the remedy entirely in their own hands," It is idle to suppose that any interference on our part can reconcile the differences of the Japanese authorities, bat we can certainly take care that no faults of our own pvt us in colli sion with the national prejudices, and we trust that those Englishmen who nave hitherto abused their power and position will be shamed by the general denunciation of their conduct into better and more peaceable behaviour. COLLEGE OF PRECEPTORS.—At a meeting of council of this corporation, on the 2d July, the diploma of licentiate was granted to Miss Brakie, of Upper Belgrave-place, and that of associate to Miss S. T. Bayer, and to Mr George Mosley, of Holgate Seminary, York. Tho following gentlemen were elected members of the College —Mr G. Adair, York-terrace, Everton, Liverpool—Mr H. P. E. do St Dalmas, Dartmouth—Miss M. A. Harris, Bland ford House, Reading—Rev. J. Hunter, M.A,, Trafalgar square, Brompton—Mr John Jones, Grammar School, Ludlow—Mr Isaac Patchett, Queensbury, near Halifax— Mr W. H. Rowlatt, Church House School, Ealing—Mr S. Summers, the College, Worthing—Rev. C. S wete, D.D., Elm Grove, Ealing—Mr W. C. Taylor, the College Worthaig. AT COMMEMORATION.—It happened, on one occasion, that some lady visitors had accidentally mingled with the crowd ; and even the chivalry of Young Oxford could not prevent their being sadly crushed. The young ladies screamed, when a gallant proctor appeared within tho gates an: cried out, " ettn, you make a read?" " Yee," shouted the square cape, "It I open the gates," said the proctor, " will you pledge me your honour that you will not come in ?" " Yes," again shouted the square caps, The proctor unlocked the gates and threw them open; the unclergraduces passed the young ladies saiely within the railed enclosure— he proctor locked the gates; and then, but not till then, the undergraduates renewed their struggles to smash the obstacle ; whereupon, said the observant proctor—" I glory in being an Oxford proctor; for I have had a proof that Oxford men are men of honour.'' —Zonsfol n o AYL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent-garden. Last Week but Three. Extra Night.—Combined Entertainment. Fourth appearance of Mdlle. Artot. Third Night of La Fig is Del Reg.,riknento. THIS EVENING (Monday), July 4, a combined ente ertain ment wil be given, on which c e ssion will be pr t in wo acts, md, for the third time this season , . Don zetti's opera, 1.4 FIGLIA DEL ItEGGIMENTO. Marra, Mdlle. Artot ; 31archesa, Madame Tagliatico ; Sulpizio, Signor Ronconi Caporale, signor Fallar; and Tonio, Slgnor Neri-Baraldi. Conductor, Mr. Costa. Commence at half past Eight. Pit tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre eta is, 10s. 6d., 75., and ss. ; a mphitheatre.7 2 s. ed. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had at the box-office under the portico of the tnearre, which is open from ten to five, and ac the principal musiesellcrs' and rfEIEATRE ROYAL HAYM ARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Ruck:stone. TI;IS EVENING, GOOD FOR NOTHING. After which, DAVID CTAKRICK. Messrs. Sothena, Chippendale, Buckstone, Rogers, Clark, Weathersby, Bc.; Mesdames Snowden, telly Moore, Fitzwilliam. Followed by LOW) DUNDREARY MARRIED AND DONE FOR. To concude with TURNING THE TABLES. Mr. Compton, Mr. Howe, &c Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. Paddy O'Rafferty, Mr. Dominick Murray. After which, the new play by John Oxenford, Esq., THE MONASTERY OF SV. JUS r : Messrs. Vining, H. Mars ton, J. Nelson, J. W. Ray, H. Mellon, W. Robins, . Seyton, Chapman; Mrs. H. Marston, and Millie. ttella Lolas. NEW THEATB,E.RO YAL, ADELPHI.- 6310 Proprietor and Marta , zer. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, SHA.N.SPERE'S HOUSE. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. R. Phillips. After which, JANET PRIDE : Messrs. B. Webster, J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Stuart, Stephenson, Romer ; Miss Woolgar, Miss Denman. Followed by TfIE AREA BELLE, with a Norrible Tale: Messrs. J. L. Toole, I. Bedford, it. liomerMiss Woolgar, and Mrs. 11. Lewis. Commence at 7. RoyAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. under the 31anagement of Mr. B. WEBSTER.. Crowded with rank and fashion. it c .engagement of those ce'ebraced and popular artistes, Mr. ant Mrs. Charles Mathews. Amongst the artists engaged will be found the popular nsmes of Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. P4ul ji,•dtbrd, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr. Asuley, , Mr. J. Johnstone; AllS3 Herbert," Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss IL : ,, imrng. if a A. Cottrell, Mine F.noy Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss Wentwortu, Mrs. Strang, ana Mrs. Chas. Mathews. EVERY EVENING, at 7, A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLOTHING. Mrs. Stirling, Mr. J. Clarke, and Mr. F. Robinson. At 8, the Comic Drams of USED UP. Messrs. C. Mathews, Ashley, J. Johnstone, Montague, W. Chamberlaine ; Miss Patti Josephs, and Mrs. Frank Matthews. At 10, LITTLE TODDLEKINS, Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. and Mrs. F. Matthews. - To conclude with BRISTOL DIAMONDS. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Matatws, Mr. Ash ey, Miss Wentworth. On Saturday, July 9, will be produced FAUST AND MARGUERITE. An lm-morality, by F. C. Eurnand, Eaq., • in which Mr. and Mrs Charles Mathews will appear. OPERA and RACE GLASSES, Field and Yacht Glasses, in every varie y of size, form, and mounting, matchless for their great magnifying power and sharpness of definition. Price, from 30s. each, at CALLAGHAN'S, 23A, New Bond-street, W., corner of Conduit-street. Sole agent for the celebrated race and field glasses and photo graphic lenses made by Veigtlander, Vienna. Field glasses made extiressly for India. warranted to withstand the greatest tropical heat. The new aluminium mounted glasses (as re cently made for H.R.H. the Prince cf Wales:, though of the largest size, weigh but a lew ounce. PARIS BONNETS for JUNE.—Messrs. JAY'S Manager has his day returned from Paris with an assortment of the most elegant and fashionable Summer Bonnets, selected from the magasins of the first houses in that city. JAY'S, The London General Mourning Warehouse, 217, 239, and 251, Regent-street. June 1, 1861. IVOVEL STYLE in FRENCH BONNETS..- French fashion has produced Bonnets for this month of a light go samer texture, whicn aceJmmodate the present style of wearing an , l displayi,,g the lady's is ir. They are of *he most exquisite variety, and, though still adhering to the favourite colours of black white, and neutral, are entirely remodelled in shape, size, and substance. Spedally imported from Paris for JAY'S, The Lentlon General mourning Warehouse, 217, 249, and 251, Regent-street. COALS. —The LILLESHAL L COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. 235. per ton. Double.. ..20s. per ton. I Top 9 2a. „ DeEp 2ls. Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Best Cok. Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent T" TIMID EDITION OF " THE SUN," Crtathin; the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, Oda be slut 11.'very Evening of G. it.. GLICNIE, Nzws AGENT, No. 4, Connaught.torrnoc, rirdo-perk. The Weather--Sun Office, July 4, 1664. -..... THERMOMETER,. This day at Two o'clock .. 67 Barometer-29.69. ; moderate breeze and fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DA:'..—Morning, :2h. 15m.—Afternoon, 2h. 40m. TO-moßnow.-Morning, 21. 69m.—Afternoon, c3d. ISm. f 47 1 1 W1:1 1 # 3 SUIT 11114_, SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 4, 1864. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. Notwithstanding the principal foreign Ministers being absent (Prince Metternich end Count Goltz are at Fontainbleau, Baron Budberg is going to Kissingen), M. Drouyn de Lhuys, says the Union, held yesterday (Thursday) his weekly diplomatic levee. The Minister for Foreign Affairs, besides his receptions on the Wednesday evening, gives audience every Thursday, between three and si= o'clock, to such members of the diplomatic body who have some communications to make to him or some informations to ask either upon questions con cerning their respective governments or upon the general situaticn of affairs. :Each foreign Minister is ushered in by turn, according to the date of his arrival, but those who have the rank of Am bassadors, like the Pope's Nuncio, the represents tires of E-gland, Austria, Prussia, or Russia, enjoy the privilege of being admitted as soon as they pre sent themse ves. The result is that the envoys of the minor States have often to wait a long time, or even cannot on that day obtain admittance to the closet or the Minister for Foreign Affairs. The Thursday receptions are always numerously attended, and the various representatives hold in the waiting room conversations in which they ex change their informations. If we are to believe what was Raid yesterday, the pacific attitude assumed by England with regard to the Danish war is considered a master piece of policy ; and the London Cabinet, whi c h was threat ened with a dangerous isolation, i s now placed in a position to join the German Powers and Russia. The diplomatists best placed to be well informed, confirm the information which w e published two days ago respecting the great number of despatches exchanged bet:-7--sn London, Kissingen, and Carls bad with re4ard to the resolution udopt(d by the English Govtrnment. The Danish question is considered at an end, and the separatio❑ of the two duchies becomes a new fait accompli. There is no occasion, therefore, for ~ny offer of mediation. England has come to an understanding with the German Powers not to let the principle of universal suffrage establish new monarchies in the other European States. This perhaps will explain the ill-humour our semi-official prints have not had the tact of concealing, against the attitude assumed by England after the rupture of the Conference. The informations transmitted to the principil Foreign Ministers at Paris seem unanimous to state that the most perfect understanding has been esta blished at Kissingen and at Carlsbad between the Emperor of Austria, the Czar, and the King of Prussia. We are assured that those Sovereigns do not believe either in the opportunity or the useful ness of a Congress. If the Powers of Europe have not succeeded in coming to an understanding in the London Conference upon one solitcry question, the Danish one, hcw will they be able to agree better to solve other questiors much more complicated— such as those of Italy, of Poland, and of the East P L' Union says:—" It is generally believed that the new Alabama is a ship which has fast been constructed at Bordeaux in the yard of M. Arman, and the destination of which, unknown to the pre sent day, has craated a lively interes; in that town. Besides, Captain Semmes has signed a contract with a large Prussian firm for the fabrication of cannon balls, which are not to weigh less than 220tb." The official returns of the Customs receipts in France for the first five months of the present year demonstrate the continuation of the double move ment previously remarked—a certain stagnation in me imports and a very considerable augmentation in the exports. The Constitutionnel makes the subjoined observations on the subject :—"The im ports, in fact, only amount in round numbers to 883 millions of francs, instead of 894, for the corresponding period of 1863; but if the item co corn is struck out on both sides, the imports of 1864 will be found to amount to 872 millions, against 868 in 1863. We remark that the importation of English castings has declined from 9 millions to a little less than 2, and that of iron to 610,000 fr. for the five months. French exports, on the contrary, have reached an enormous amount, previously unknown in the com mercial annals of France, as will be seen by the following short table : First five months in 1861 .. 803 millions. 1862 .. 894 ~ 3) 1803 993 9, 1864 .. 1,230 ~ Thus, the five months of the year 1864 show an in crease of 24 per cent. on the preceding year, and of 50 per cent. over 1861. The principal elements of this immense comm ercial movement are silk and woollen stuffs, of which the exporration has increased in three years from seventy millions to 136—that is to say, has simply doubled ; hides and leatbern go-)ds, tools and other metal wares, wines and brandies, chemical produc tions, timber, resinous matters, & c , The influ ence of commercial liberty on th e ne w markets opened to the native industry of France has pro. cloud an unprecedented incre4se not only in silks and woollen stuffs, but on divers articles which wero never supposed to be capable of such a deve lopment. Thus, in three years, th e exports of turnery ware and mercery inert -rased from 36 rail lions to 62; of millinery and artificial flowers from 3 to 8; of furniture from 4 to 7; and of wearing apparel and made up linen, from 32 millions to 45 A rather curious detail is that, whilst the exports of French cutlery, which commenced in 1862 with an importation of 193,000 francs, sank in 1863 to 89,000 francs, and in 1864 to 82,000 francs." BOURSE, July 2.—The market is without anima tion, but previous prices maintained. Threes, for the Account, are unvaiied at 66t. sc, Alobilier has improved to 1,058 f. 75e. Railway market quiet , but firm. The folloing are t h e clos i ng prices it 4 lian Loan ...... 70 60 Do. end m onth.•• • """" —' Ditto Threes ...... New M ex ican .• •• 56 2 , .) w Russia /1 ........ 82 Austr i a n ....... • 51 25 Three'.... Debt ..... Deferred ........ 451 Cash. Account. 8(30 NO -• 990 992 50 --- •• 880 • • 885 -- 41 per Cents 93 85 Do. end month — 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 20 Jredit Mobilier 1067 50 o n , end month 1070 Bv.nk She.res 3305 Credit oncier 1240 Roman ...•. RAIL Orloantl Northern Lyon , sand MeditcaTane u New ditto 46 5 —•— .• Southern • 645 ---' ..65 9 Western - .. 460 Eastern Sardinian 3 36 . 2 50 .. Austrian 60 „ 408 [.orchard . ............. 64 0 .. 430 -- • • 535 75 North of Spain ........ 430 -- Saragossa .........• 565 -- .. 550 Ditto to Barcelona .... 250 ' ' ....., r•samp• PitusslA. The latest advices announce that Pr ussia is vi g o • rously prosecutin g th e reconstruc tion of the Z3ll- vertin on the ba s i s o f the Treaty o f Commerce with France. She ha s j ust s i gne d conventions to that E p effect with Saxony, trank-tort. lectorai Hesse, Brunswick, and the free city e Other adhesions ... are expected. The l eague o f the South does not seem likely to meet V, ith m uch success. THE PRINCE OF WALES.—rbe London corre spondent of the Zutrpool Albi o n writes—" We may expect shortly to see the Prince of Wales, like the Duke of Sucher• land, with a fireman's helmet and coat. He has approached that stage of firemanahip m ore than half way. On Friday morning he was busy at the headquarters of the brigade, iu Watling-street; an d su b sequent l y he, the Duke of Slither land, and Captai n Sb aw, chief of t h e b r igade, drove through the town on a fir e - eng i ne. " 41 Captain Winslow, Of the E.learsarg e," sa y s th e Opinione .Nationale, " w ho two years ago , while employed on the Mi ss i ssippi, was a ttacked by a complain , in his eyes, has been for souse days in Paris for the pur pose of taking radical advies. The Americans in Paris the evening before , la s t i nv i te d him to dinner at Phi lippa's, at whi c h M r Dayto n, the United States' Minister and th e S ecretar i es o f tho Legation, were present. The Burgeon and the paymaster of the Kear sarge were also among the company. At the close of the dinner, and on the proposition of one of the guests, a collection was made for ei ecting a monument to the Federal sailor who has just died iu 'ho naval hospi al at Coerbour t _ of the wounds he received in tho action with she Alabarm,, The other two wouuaed moo aro going on favourably The naval combat of the 19th Juno will therefore bays coat ill; Federals the lots of only one un.z.": THE WAR IN DENMARK, (From the Correspondent of the 7inzes.) FLENSBURG, dune 30. The capture of Alsen by the Prussians seems to have been accomplished with no great dlfleulty and with small loss to the assailants. The Danes ap. pear to have been again taken by surprise. At least, this is what some of their friends and partisans in this town assert. As in the case of the projected crossing at Ballegaard on the 3d of April, boats were collected beforehand with great secrecy ; though hardly so much so, it may be thought, that the Danes could not have been informed of it by their spies and by their many friends in Sandewitt. It is said here that the troops were not in sufficient force near the shore, and that the Prussians obtained a decided advantage before they could be brought up. Three crossings were made, or feigned; one of them, from Gammelsunde, was evidently a feint; the principal passage of troops seems to have been at Sand bjerg. A large number of vessels were assembled at Horup Has, but, nevertheless, the Prussians succeeded in cutting off the retreat of a considerable fraction of the Danish force in the island. This is said to have amounted to 7,000 or 8,000 men ; some say 10,000, but the estimate is probably a very rough one, and you will hear more on that head from other quarters. With respect to prisoners, I saw about 700 leave Flensburg for the south this afternoon by railway. They were chiefly young men ; I noticed none who appeared more than 30 years of age ; many were beardless boys. Among them were some of the smartest-looking Da. nish soldiers I have seen since the war began. They were lighter and more active than most of those taken at Duppel. There was an English volunteer among them, a merry, daring looking fellow, distin guishable by the fanciful cap he wore of the Dan nehorg colours, red and white, with a tassel hanging on one side. There are a good many more prisoners now here (about as many, I am informed, as those who to-day left), and more are expected to.night ; altogether, as far as can be calculated, about 2,300 men. Ot the Prussian loss I can at pres.ent speak only from report. One of the early accounts made it very heavy, but from what I here learn that was a great exaggeration. From 300 to 400 wounded, nine officers killed and wounded, is the lowest estimate I have heard. Some wounded Danes have also been taken. The telegri m spoke of a severe street fight in Sooderborg, but persons who were there before the Danes were all out of the island assure me that they saw no signs of it. They add that only three houses in the town were burned yesterday. Of these details I shall be able to speak more accurately when I have been over the ground. A good many Schleswigers were among the pri soners, and most of theca, seemingly well pleased to be captured, have removed the Danish cockade from their caps, have been released, and may now be seen walking about the town. The passage of the Prussian forces in Schleswig from the repose of the armistice to active opera tions has been more speedy even than was generally expected, and their fleet aggressive move has been crowned by complete and easy success. You will have received by telegraph nearly as much positive information respecting yesterday's action, as we are in possession of in Flensburg, it being difficult to sift fact from fiction in the tales that pass from mouth to mouth, and which for the moat part are the results of very imperfect opportunities of observation. Owing partly to its not having been expected to follow so immediately on the re sumption of hostilities, and partly owing to the secrecy observed concerning it, and the very early hour of the morning at which it commenced, the at tack on Alsen had fewspectators,l at:least on this side, beyond those actually engaged in it. Its result will hardly have surprised any who had had previous opportunity of estimating the resources and capa bilities of the contending parties. In recent letters I ventured to express an opinion that the Prussians might take A sen whenever they pleased, and that view has been fully justified by the event. The Prussian artillery has maintained its superiority to that of the Danes; as at Eckern sund and Duppel the Rolf Krake has shown her self far less formidable than the Danes and their partisans had foretold ; the Danish infantry, brave though it be, and favoured in its defence by an inti mate knowledge of the ground, and by the shelter of Sonderborg's houses, has shown itself wholly un able to stand against the Prussian onset. Fighting stoutly, it is said, but ever driven back by the pre cision of the Prussian artillery fire and the rapid execution of the needle gun, the Danes have been forced to evacuate what little remained to them of Schleswig soil. It was but a short morning's work to expel them from Alsen, and, if it be the intention of the Allies to follow up their advantages, it may take little longer to drive them out of Funen. As to the existence of any posirivt intention of this kind, I, as yet, know nothing. It is rumoured in Flensburg that the Austrians were to have attacked Funen at the same time the Prussians attacked Alsen, but, if so, something must have occurred to baulk the attempt. It is certain that the Austrians have thrown up batteries nearly opposite to Middlefart, where the Sound is narrowest, and it would not surprise me to hear any dey of the passage being forced by a dash. The taking of AtEen is a continuation of the Allies' easy successes, and so far as we know the particulars, it seems to have been in some of its features similar to the preceding one. I say easy, be cause, although it suited the Prussians to remain a long time before Duppel, their loss during the siege and in the assault was trifling, considering the forces engaged and the result obtained, and would have been considerably less if the troops engaged on March 28 had confined themselves to their allotted . task, and had not, by uselessly advancing too far, brought themselves under a heavy short-range fire both from the forts and from the Rolf Krake— which vessel has hitherto rendered no service except upon the morning in question. It seems singular, as it certainly is unfortunate—so far as we can judge from the occurrences of the last three or four days—that the Danes were not to be convinced by the portion of the campaign which preceded the ar mistice that they are no match for their opponents. One honours the spirit that makes the feeble con front one of more powerful frame, and in contests of individuals it may often give the advantage to the weaker champion, but in modern warfare no amount of pluck and obstinacy can counterbalance the effect of better arras wielded by greatly supe rior numbers. When the Bros bataillone have also the advantage of rifled guns and fast-firing muskets, no heroism can avail to avert disaster. Setting aside those advantages, we have no reason to consider the Prussians otherwise than fully equal to the Danes as fighting men. That they ere quicker in their movements or better di rected seems proved by the many prisoners they invariably make. By this time the Danes must surely be thoroughly convinced of the superiority of the opponents they at first so greatly despised and depreciated. It becomes rather difficult to un derstand why they continue the struggle. They (loped, it was said, during the Conference, to see same great Power (England presumably) come to their aid at last. This hope must now surely be dispelled. Some hint was lately thrown out that England would protect the Danish islands if the Germans pushed their aggressions eo far. But Funen may any day be taken before a foreign fleet shall have time to go to its assistance. THE CODRINGTON BARONETCY.—We ere desired to state that there is no foundation whatever for the report that this baronetcy is or has been in dispute. Upon the death of the third baronet in France, in 1816, without ►awful issue, the title devolved upon his cousin, Sir Bettiell Codrington, who was the hither of the Sir William Cod rington, just deceased. An illegitimate son of the third baronet by a Frenchwoman has assumed the title and caused himself to be entered at the Heralds' College as fourth baronet, and this seems to have given rise to the fake report we have mentioned. Sir Gerald Codrington, of Dodiugton, is now the sixth baronet. THE STAFF.—The following Staff appointments will shortly be vacant :—The command at Devonport, vice Xiajor-Gen Hutchinson, in October—the command in Ca nada, vice Lieut-Gen Williams, whose period of service has just expired—Deputy Adjutant-General in Jamaica, vice t;o1 J. W. Reynolds, whose time is up in October—Deputy A.ssistant Aljutant-General at Dut)lin, vice Major evens, ,a September—and Major of Brigade at Devonpnrt r vice Capt Kirk, 96th Regiment, who vacates the appointment alnut the gloss cf the yera - ,—Army OA a 2' - (4:1 Cazet,to. LITERATURE, Mattie ; a Stray. By the author of " Owen,' A Waif," cte, 3 Vols. Hurst and Blsoke.tt. The opening chapters of " Mettle" are inimitable. Few among oar very best novelists could more vividly realise the scene in which we first make acquaintance with the hapless little Stray. The little stationer's shop, with its friendly hiding-place in the doorway, possesses an irresistible fascination for poor Mattis., even Veen, with considerable dill celty, the policeman has dislodged her, no sooner has he moved on than she is back again. A little festivity is taking place at the stationer's. "Itis a buff-day"—says poor Mattie, and how she wishes it was her " buff-day," instead of being that of Harriet, the stationer's daughter. a girl about the ago of the poor motherless Stray, who is begging in the street and cowering at the door. Hero she elicits the pity of young Hinchford, the future hero of the tale—a bright beaming school boy who hurries upstairs to congratulate his little friend on her birthday. His joyous greeting, while his hands seek his pocket for a birthday pre sent, a little brooch that has taken all his savings, and then his horronstricken exclamation, "Stolen, by jingo !" all is most naturally told, and suspicion at once designates the Stray. Very frank and very barefaced is Mattie's confession incidentally elicited some time later. She protests she is not a "reglar" (a regular thief), bat only occasionally gives way when very "hard up." Mother Watts, the mis tress of the cheap lodging-house, who makes a bargain of the stolen brooch, and "does not wish to know how it is come by," has no doubt her proto types among that class. Very dismal, and also very truthful, is the sad glimpse here given of the trials and temptations of the poor children of London. While we follow witn interest the upward career of Mattie, we are fain to think with pity of the hundreds of little Strays, who, unlike her, meet with no helping hand to raise them. The story which follows this introduction is simple and interesting and very naturally told. The character of the old stationer, Mr. Wesden, is most skilfully and faithfully portrayed. We have not advanced eery far in the tale before we are quite at home in Suffoik street, and intimately acquainted with John Wesden and Mr. Htnchford. The little Stray, so well.beloved by many friends, in the course of her story will become a favourite with many readers now her history is in their hands, ano if the narrative of her adventures induces a passing thought of kindness, and perhaps of help to be bestowed upon the little " Strays" of the London thoroughfares, the author of " Mattie" will have performed a good action as well as written a very attractive tale. Madeline Graham. By the author of " White friars," &e. Three vole. Maxwell and Co. The author of " Whitefriars" possesses a very vigorous pen, which, on the first publication of that, we believe her earliest, work, at once attracted the attention of the pubic. Unfortunately, however, while the hand of this writer is powerful in descrip tion, her tact and taste are not happy in discrimina tion. The manner of her works is clever, but we cannot say that the matter they contain is very excellent. This authoress, and the fault is more to be regretted in a female writer, always inclines to neroes and heroines verging on the borders of impropriety, while for some among them such a description is indeed very inadequate. Her new story of Madeline Graham—we had nearly said Madeline Smith—is of this clues. Madeline is a most revolting character, a treacherous and abandoned woman. Her attempt to poison her French lover is evidently suggested by the history of that other Madeline above alluded to. As we should not tolerate such acquaintances in real life, we cannot say that the perusal of their very ques tionable adventures, and the close contemplation of their very despicable qualities in a work of fiction affords us any particular satisfaction. Rington Priory. A Tale. By Ethel Hone, author of " Prison Narratives," &c, Three vols. Saun ders, Otley, and Co. This is one of tho quiet domestic novels that are becoining scarce in the present clay. It is writ ten in an easy, pleasant manner, and will be wel come to the readers of the circulating libraries, without obtaining any very high rank among the literature of the day. The same misfortune befalls Lucy Stanforth, the heroine of the tale, as betels the charming Lily Dale of " The Small House 01 Allington," and we do not know which is the matt despicable character, Seymour Browne or Adolphus Crosbie. The various families who compose the society and the non-society of Rington are very felicitously compared and contrasted. Tne Under woods and the Millers, the o.bornes sad the Stan forths, with the charming Lady Diana, at the Park, and the disagreeable Graingsra, at tn. Priory, compose a very miscellaneous circle, and give ample room for the exercise of the authgr's ae cided talent in describing domestic details and country gossip. Some of the secondary characters are more attractive than the actual hero and heroine, and the story of Ringtou Priory makes, on the whole, a very readable and interesting book. Hamlet in the Foreign-office on the Danish Question. (From the Examiner.) To do, or not to do ; that is the question :-- Whether 'tis wiser in a State, to suffer The chaff and swagger of outrageous Bismark ; Or to take arms against a lot of Germans, And, by opposing, smash them?--make war—to fight; No more ; and, by a fight to say we end This nausea, and these thousand awful shocks To our propriety ; a consummation Devoutly to be wished. Mike war,—to fight ; To fight I perchance to pay ;—aye, there's the rub; For ii% that fighting time what bills may come. When we have shtifiLd off this modest budget, Must give us pause : there's the respect That makes humiliation of long peace : For who would bear the quips and scorns of Beust, The Austrian's wrong, the Prussian's contumely, The pangs of outraged Poles, the Frank's delay, The insolence of Russia, and the spurns The patient Europe of her tyrants takes, When ho himself might their quietus make With a bare Whitworth ? Who would Cobdens boar, To groan or blush under a doubtful peace; But that the dread of something after war,— Th' unestimated outlay, from whose depth No halfpenny returns,—puzzles the will ; And makes us rather bear those Brights we have, Than fly to Ellenb'roughs we know too well ? Thus taxes do make cowards of us all; And thus the native., hue of Palmerston Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of G!adstone ; And ironclads of greatest armament, With this regard, their stately heads turn home, And scuttle out of action.—Soft you, now I Fair Alexandra :—Nymph, in thy orisons Be all my slips remember'd. Danish Lady. Good, my lord. How does your lordship since this conference ? H. I humbly thank you ; tolerably well, D. L. My lord, I have certain promises of yours That I have long'd two months to re-deliver; I pray you now receive them. H. No, not I; I never gave you aught. D. L. My honour'd lord, you know right well you did ; And, with them, words of so sweet brea h composid, As made the things more rich: their perfume lost, Tuke these again; for to the noble mind Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind. There, my lord. H. Ha I am I honest ? D. L. My lord ? E. Am / fair ? [Exit doubtful.] J. w. Excu rsions on the river are quite the fashion this year at the Imperial residence of Fontainebleau. The Empress has a small steamer, in which she takes trips on the Seine with the different guests at the Palace. CLoom Woum IN EN GLAND .--" As a sample of English clock work on a large scale, the works of this are probably the finest fini hed that have ever been seen in this country—no chronometer could be fitted with more perfect and carefully adjusted mechanism. '--Times, Juneii, 1862. J. IV Benson having erected steam power and improved mach i nery for clock making at the naanutactory, Ludgat , -hill, will be glad to furnish to clergymen, architects, and com ittees estimates and specific tions of every description of nora l og i ca l mac hi ne , especially cathedral an , l public clocks, chiming tunes on any number of bells. A descriptive p anph et on church clot • s post in e for on e s t amp, watch and c cc k taker by warrant of al pointment t , the Prince of Wale,,, and maser o the great clock for the Exhibition, 1e62. Manufactory, Lud gate-till, Leaden, Lstablighei 1719. (advt.; - - ‘: iso, r zpi 0)111 tairtillat HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, July 2, The Quer!, accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Helena, took a cArri , ,ge drive yesterday afternoon, attended by Major-General 5,•:5 moor. JULY 3, The Queen, accompanied by Princess Beatrice, went to London yesterday and visited the Prince and Princess of Wales at Marlborough-house, where her Majesty remained to luncheon. The Mai chio. ness of Ely, Major-General Seymour, and Colonel the Hon. A. Hardinge were in attendance. Her Majesty drove from Marlborough.hous e to Carlton-house -terrace, and honoured the Duke of Newcastle with a visit, and afterwards honoured Mr. Foley and Mr. Durham by inspecting th e memorials of the Prince Consort now in execution by them at their studios. The Queen then went to Buckingham Palace, where the Duchess of Inverness had the honour of being received by her Majesty. Their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess Louts of Hesse joined her Majesty at Buckingham Palace. At six o'clock her Majesty, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse and Princess Beatrice, left the Palace in an open carriage and four, and drove up Constitution• hill, through Hyde Park, to the Great Western station, where a sptcial trein was in readiness to convey her Majesty to Windsor. Major-General Seymour and Colonel the Hon. A. Hardinge attended on horseback. The Maiehioness of Ely attended the Queen to Windsor. Prince and Princess Louie of Hesse returned to Buckingham Palace. Their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena and Pi it cess Louiee, attended by the Hon. Mrs. Bruce and Colonel the Hon. A. Liddell, went to Canter bury yesterday and inspec,ed the Cathedral. The Dean of Westminster, Lady A. Stanley, and Arch deacon Harrison, Canon of Canterbury, accompanied the Princesses and conducted them over the Cathe dral, Sc. Augustin's College, Church of St. Martin, &c. Archdeacon and Mrs. Harrison had the honour of entertaining their Royal Highnesses at luncheon, after which they returned to London and Windsor at 7 o'clock. The Earl of Clarendon arrived at the Castle last evening, and had the honour of dining with her Majesty and the Royal Fam,ly. Tne Quecn, their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena, Princess Louise, and Princess Beatrice, with the ladies and gentlemen in waiting, attended Divine service this morning in the Private Chapel. The Rev. E. W. Benson, Head Master of Welling ton Cotlege, officiated. Their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse, attended by Madetnoigelle da Granny and Captain von Westerweller, arrived at Windsor Castle this afternoon from Buckingham Palace. The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince and Princess of Wdies, attended by the Marchioness of Carmarthen, Captain Grey, and Mr. Fisher, went to the Bazaar in aid of the Earls,- wood Idiot Asylum, at the Hanover-Equare Rooms, in the forenoon on Saturday. Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by Prin. cess Beatrice, visited the Prince and Princess of Wales at Marlborough House, and took luncheon with their Royai Highnesses. The Marchioness of Ely, Major-General Seymour, and Col. the Hon. A. Harding°, attended the Que en , The Prince of Wales, accompanied by the Prince of Leiningen, and attended by Captain Grey, rode on horseback. The Princess of Wales, accompanied by tlae Prin cess of Leiningen, took a carriage drive. The Prince of 'Wales dined with the Corporation of the Trinity House, at the Trinity House, in the evening. His Royal Highness was attended by Earl Spen cer, Lieut.• General Knollys, and Captain Grey. The Princess of Wa les, accompanied by the Prince and Princess of Leiningen, went to Her Illsjesty's Theatre, attended by the Marchioness of Carmarthen d Loid Harris. The Prince and Princess of Wales, with the Prince and Princess of Leitiingen, the Marchioness of Carmarthen and Captain Grey in waiting, at.. tended Divine service at the Chapel Royal, St. James's, yesterday morning. The Communion service wes read by the Lord Bishop of London, the Rev, the Sub Dean, and the Rev. R. Harvey. l'he Bishop of London, Dean of her ALjest . v's Chapels Royal, preached the sermon from Ist C. my, iv., part of verse i, " For who maketh th ee to differ from another ? " Anthem--" The Wilder ness" ((,Toss); sung by Master Briscoe, Messrs. B. Burnby, Montem Smith, and Lawler. Mr. Q oss presided at the organ. ROYAL VISIT TO CANTERBURY.--Otl Saturday their Royal Highnesses the Princess Helena and the Princess Louise, with the Hon. Col. Liddell and the lion. Mrs Bruce in attendance, visited Canterbury for the p ur pose of inspecting the cathedral and other objects of ect de siastical and historical interest connected with the city, £heir Royal Highnesses travelled by special train en the London, Chatham, and Dover line, and arrived at Can ter bury at 12 o'clock. 0 wing to a misappreh nsion as to. the time at which tho train was to arrive, no carriage was at the station, and their Royal Highnesses, instead of wait'eug, proceeded on foot over the Dane John recreation gror tnd and through the principal streets of the city to the Cat ne dral, a distance of more than halt a mile, Tney were ree ag nised by several citiz. ns from their likeness to her Majesty the Qeeen. At the Cathedral the Royal visitors were re ceived by the Very Rev, the Dean of Westminster and Lady Augusta Stanley, the Yen, Archdeacon Harrison and Mrs Harrison being also in attendance. Both the Re yel Princesses appeared greatly pleased when going through the magnificent building, as the Dean of Westminster explai: ned the different objects of interest. At 2 o'clock the Archde a con. and Mrs Harrison had the honour of entertaining their Royal Highnesses with luncheon at their residence. Ant,er• wards their Royal Highnesses, still attended by the Dt ears of Westminster, proceeded to the Missionary College of St. Augustine and St. Martin's Church, in which Christian tity was first preadted in England. At 4 o'clock they retur.ned to the railway station in an open carriage, a considers .ble crowd of people having collected to witness their departu re. On taking their seats in the saloon carriage of the Ite,yal train both Princesses smilingly bowed their acknow!.e dg. 'Bents to the loyal greetings of the people on the plutfyrm. Exactly at 4 o'clock tho train moved out of the station, in charge of Mr Manley, as engineer, and Mr Superintend ent Bishop as guard. The Countess of Derby bad a dinner party on Saturday, at the family mansion in St. Jame;s's triune. The n,,ble earl was unable to join the dinner circle owing to an attack of gout. Among the guests were, the Earl and Countess of Longford, Lord and Lady Batei nan, Lord Burghley, Lord Claud Hamilton and Miss Hamilton, Lord and Lady Naas, the Right Hon. Sir William H. Jolliffe, M.P., and Miss Jolliffe, the Right Hon. Spencer and Mrs. Walpole, Colonel and Mrs. Taylor, Capt. Paken ham, and Mr. Wilbraham. The Countess of Carnarvon gave birth t) a daughter ou Saturday, at the town residence in L ewer Grosvenor-street. We are informed that the countess and infant are progressing favourably. Tne Eari aed Conutess of lildtalesbury have issu e d cards for a grand dinner to their Royal Highnesses' the Ductless of Cambridge and Princess Mary,. on the Btb. astant. THE LORD MAYOR.—We are happy to state that ine I,..act Mayor is progressing favourably after his recent accident, and his medical advisers confidently hope that the injury he has sustained wilt leave no p ermanen t effects, for someough i time t to is probable that a little l ameness may existcome. On Wednesd ay, his lordship alth was enabled to transact business in his private drawing " Saunde rs h as given it interveni ng contingency a ro s om h , is an op d in w i e on ar t e h i a n t f , or E m ho e u d ld th n at o D arise, his lordship will be able to take carriage exercise in the course of another week. At present, however, the le3 cannot be put to the ground, cit y p ies ,. e TRUE AUTHORSHIP OFL E M A VDIT 1,9—. read in the Union with refe rence t o '' L e M anu a" and " La Religieuse" lv (the Nuu), two novels purported to have been written by a priest, and having obtained in con sequence what our neighb urs call un succds de seandgde— " The Figaro affirms that the author at 'Le Maudit' and of ' La Religieuse' is M, 1 4 ,uis Ulbach—(s Protestant) — and sets him at defi ance to prove the coatrary." Tufa piece of intelligence wa y be useful to thue who should nappeu to real the translations of those two works about to be published by ilzssrs Bentlby, cf London,